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COIN
Unique ID: NLM-B35406
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy coin. Milled cartwheel penny of George III (1760-1820), Birmingham mint issue of 1797, counter-stamped on both sides: S.LEADER / SUTTON.WASH. The finder supplies notes of research in Trade Directories and other sources identifying the location as Sutton Wash, now Sutton Bridge, the area where the River Nene joins the Wash, and the probable issuer as Samuel Leader (1787-1870). Leader was a local blacksmith from 1818 to 1834, leasing the business in 1847, and latterly worked as a wheelwright and small farmer. The restriking of the coin was presumably at his forge. Suggested date [of countermarked use]: 1818-1847
Diameter: 36.1mm, Weight: 24.89gms, die axis [counterstruck]: 12
Inscription:
S.LEADER / SUTTON.WASH.
Evidence of reuse: Counter-stamped with tradesman's name and locus
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1797
Date to: Exactly AD 1797
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 24.89 g
Diameter: 36.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th October 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM47667
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: George III of the United Kingdom
Mint or issue place: Birmingham
Category: Modern
Type: Penny: George III (S 3759 - 3761)
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Springthorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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